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Essay Prompt: How, and with what success, did the United States government try to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression?
Step 1: Develop a thesis statement
· Define the scope of the question.
· What were the problems of the GD. Think broadly.
· Consider the "Hows:" Think broadly – think like a pirate. Don’t forget “the other guy.”
· Make a judgment as to the extent the government was successful in solving the problems you listed.
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Step 2: Structure your essay based on your broad “Hows”
I. Introduction – Thesis and introduction statement (Tell me what you are going to tell me)
II. Begin analyzing the “Hows”
A. Early Attempts at fixing the depression (Supporting Detail)
1. Evidence
2. Evidence
3. Judgment of success / failure / limited success
B. Early Attempts at fixing the depression (Supporting Detail)
1. Evidence
2. Evidence
3. Judgment of success / failure / limited success
III. How # 2
Attempts at fixing the depression. (For the remainder of the essay follow model as shown in II.)
IV. How #3
V. How #4
VI. How #5
VII. How #6 (Maybe)
VIII. Counter-argument
IX. Conclusion (Tell me what you just told me.)
Begin outline here and continue on the reverse:
